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Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. it can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved.
-Bertrand Russell
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Science, By Itself, Cannot Supply Us With

Bertrand Russell
Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. it can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that some ends cannot be achieved.
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